Oil tops $100, havens rally, stocks drop as Russia invades Ukraine
Oil prices broke past $100 and safe havens surged while equities tumbled Thursday after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a…
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Unprovoked and unjustified:’ world reacts to attack on Ukraine
World leaders on Thursday condemned the Russian invasion of Ukraine, with Western capitals vowing to escalate sanctions against Moscow while…
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West links Afghan humanitarian aid to human rights
by Pierre-Henry DESHAYES and Viken KANTARCI Agence France-Presse OSLO, Norway (AFP) - Western diplomats Tuesday linked humanitarian aid to Afghanistan…
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EU watchdog says ‘no answer’ if Omicron-specific jab needed
by Jan HENNOP There is "no answer yet" on whether vaccine makers will have to adapt their Covid shots to…
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US, Canada restrict travel from southern Africa as new variant sparks concern
by Daniel Woolls with AFP bureaus The United States, Brazil, Canada, and Saudi Arabia became the latest countries Friday to…
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WTO’s big conference postponed due to new Covid variant
by Agnès PEDRERO Next week's World Trade Organization ministerial conference, the global trade body's biggest gathering in four years, was…
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Omicron variant poses ‘high to very high’ risk to Europe: EU health agency
The new Covid variant, dubbed Omicron and originally detected in South Africa, poses a "high to very high" risk to…
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Germany puts 100-year-old on trial for Nazi crimes
by David COURBET Agence France Presse BERLIN, Germany (AFP) --- A 100-year-old former concentration camp guard will on Thursday…
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Catholic Pope expresses ‘shame’ at French sex abuse scandal
VATICAN CITY (AFP) -- Pope Francis on Wednesday expressed his personal shame and that of the Church at the…
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French Catholic Church inquiry finds 216,000 sex abuse victims from 1950
by Karine PERRET and Joseph SCHMID Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- An independent inquiry into alleged sex…
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